Work experience

• Co-Founder

  Kilo Hooch Co. Ltd

  2020.08-Current

  (6 years)

  Kilo Spirits is a small craft distillery based in Krabi making spirits from local sugarcane juice.First two products are launched: Kilo VDK and Kilo GN. Pipeline is full of more interesting products.We also produce private label and signature spirits for hotels and bars in Thailand.
• Head Of Operations

  Neighbourhoods

  2021.04-2022.06

  (a year)
• Chief Product Officer

  Roboride

  2020.03-2021.03

  (a year)
• Strategy Advisor

  Sacred Capital

  2019.07-2020.03

  (9 months)

  Sacred Capitals envisions a world in which reputation is a rich, nuanced and contextual wealth that enriches lives, culture and society. Sacred Capitals mission is to create and propagate a language for expressing reputation.- Clarified mission and vision - Analysed available and developing distributed ledger and agent centric technologies- Developed short and long term strategic goals with CEO- Made fund raising plans- Created technology plan blending open source and proprietary software.
• COO

  Link Motion

  2015.01-2020.01

  (5 years)

  I was hired to turn a Finnish mobile and automotive software company into a niche Tier1 automotive supplier of secure connected computers with integrated automotive grade software and hardware.- Advised on securing investment- Translated board goals into strategy.- Restructured R&D teams to be more productive, including replacing all IT tools and systems.- Set up China operations and later migrated them to an all local team.- Implemented ISO9001 quality management and started IATF16949, ASPICE and ISO26262 programs.- After identifying problem with product strategy, lead development of new strategy and convinced investor of necessity and increased budget.- Developed and managed key relations with suppliers and partners, including sourcing automotive manufacturers.- Created strategic partnership around Connected Vehicles with Microsoft, DSA and Irdeto to create sales channels and add credibility.- Lead >$100M sales negotiations and contract drafting.- Talked at industry conferences about security and connectivity. - Responsible for preparing reporting, including accounting in 6 formats, spanning 4 different jurisdictions.Our Why was Rage Against Complex, we built a team culture driven by excellence and openness in which we worked with very complex systems to turn them into highly advanced solutions that, for our customers, would be simple to use.
• Chief Marketing Officer - Head of Mobile Game Publishing

  Happylatte

  2012.08-2013.11

  (a year)

  Part of senior management team at successful iOS game company, responsible for:- Business Development and monetisation.- Data Analytics team building tools and systems and providing analysis to improve onboarding, monetisation and retention. - Marketing and PR- iOS and Android distribution.
• Project Manager - Corporate Restructuring

  Happylatte

  2012.03-2012.07

  (5 months)

  External consultant brought in to manage and implement international corporate restructuring to create structure suitable for international growth and IP protection.Finally set up new WFOE for subsidiary Beijing game studio.
• Project Manager - Fund Raising

  Happylatte

  2011.09-2012.02

  (6 months)

  Brought in to help company with raising Series A round of investment. - Prepared financial models and worked on pitch documents- Managed internal due diligence process co-ordinating with 5 different external teams of international accountants and lawyers.
• Venturer

  Exoweb

  2005.01-2011.12

  (7 years)

  Worked to identify technology trends which lead to several opportunities for the company in mobile and gaming and resulted in spinning off two companies.
• Co-Founder

  Castaway Resorts

  2007.05-2011.08

  (4 years)

  Created and built eco-friendly boutique resort brand with partners. My main responsibilities were marketing, sales and technology. Designed our business model to avoid standard industry sales channels and created direct sales through own website and marketing – this was before Online Travel Agents and direct sales were common. • Saw Facebook opportunity early (2008) and was responsible for building up audience until late 2010. At the time Castaway FB page was #1 in industry in Thailand with 30k+ fans. • Attracted free coverage in traditional media (e.g. Conde Nast, Vogue, National Geographic, airline magazines).• Ran Google Ads campaigns continuously from 2008, targeting a changing customer base. • Researched, selected and set up all technical systems such as booking system, website, online payments etc. • Developed Standard Operating Procedures for the back office, front office, F&B and housekeeping and managed senior resort staff.Since October 2011 retired from active day-to-day management of company, and focused on board role
• Founder

  Jining Rock Limestone Co. Ltd

  2002.01-2006.10

  (5 years)

  Founded Jining Rock Limestone Company after finding and buying quarry with specific blue limestone for European market . Created brand and trademark Chinese Bluestone to combat competition from China and entrenched European brands.Developed key agents as primary sales channel.Broke European monopoly supplying limestone to Belgian public works by becoming first supplier on Belgian market to be EU certified from COPRO.Brand and certification created sustainable advantage and higher profit margins.Developed relationships with key municipalities and supplied prestige projects (Ostend, Amsterdam, Brussels)Managed complex government relations whilst operating quarry and factory in Shandong near Jining.Built and managed factory producing 250-300 containers per year.Implemented open source ERP system integrating sales, manufacturing, distribution and customers.Sold in 2006 with Rock The Natural Stone Connection. Turnover of both businesses at sale was US$20million (about 2,500 containers)
• Founder

  Rock The Natural Stone Connection

  1998.01-2006.10

  (9 years)

  Trading company exporting natural stone to EU, US, Japan and Middle East. Produced everything from tombstones to kitchen sinks, but specialised in large public works and complex cut-to-order granite cladding projects. Designed the business model based on an understanding of the choke point in stone business being transport costs rather than ownership of production facilities contracting factories close to quarries and embedding quality control teams to control and monitor production.Co-Managed 2 offices with 20 staff and QC team of 50.Used technology extensively to manage logistics building systems on linux and mysql.Sold in 2006
• China Rep

  Gomastone NV

  1996.01-1998.05

  (2 years)

  Sourced suppliers and controlled quality for natural stone products for export to Belgium. Represented company in negotiations with suppliers.